Toward a Theory of Understanding

L. Zagzebski
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This chapter proposes that understanding is the grasp of structure. The structure of an object gives it unity and lets us see it as a single object. When we grasp an object’s structure, we understand the object. Understanding must simplify what it grasps, and the larger and more complex the object of understanding, the more we must simplify and leave out of the phenomenon components that may be important at different times or for different purposes. The object of understanding can be anything that has structure: a living organism, an event, a narrative, a piece of music, a philosophical argument, a causal relation, a human intentional act, etc.
《走向理解理论
本章提出理解就是对结构的把握。一个物体的结构赋予它统一性,让我们把它看作一个单一的物体。当我们掌握了一个物体的结构,我们就理解了这个物体。理解必须简化它所掌握的东西,而且理解的对象越大、越复杂,我们就越必须简化和排除那些在不同时期或不同目的下可能很重要的现象成分。理解的对象可以是任何有结构的东西:一个活的有机体,一个事件,一个叙述,一段音乐,一个哲学论证,一个因果关系,一个人类有意的行为,等等。
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